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AirtelTigo Launches eSIM Service In Ghana For Its Customers
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Top 10 Ghanaian startups who have raised the most money since their inception:
⛑️ mPharma - $65 million
⛑️ Africa Health Holdings - $42 million
💳 Fido - $30 million
🚛 Jetstream - $16 million
🚜 Farmerline - $13 million
💳 Zeepay - $8 million
⛑️ Yemaachi - $4.4 million
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Ghanaian Fintech Float Raises $17 Million To Enable Cash Flow For Commerce In Africa
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Ghana Police To Be Equipped With Body Cameras To Fight Corruption
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Sincerely Accra Is A Recipient Of Spotify’s New Africa Podcast Fund Initiative For African Podcasts
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🇬🇭Ghana's Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA) has revealed that it is working in partnership with the Ministry of Transport and other stakeholders to introduce electric and driverless vehicles in Ghana.
This announcement was made at the maiden edition of the…
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🇬🇭 November is a big tech event month in Ghana. Here's a list of notable tech events upcoming in November 👇🏽
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Ghana DVLA Quietly Introduces Digital Transport Fee For Ride Sharing Players In Ghana
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.
@SpotifyAfrica
's $100,000 Africa Podcast Fund has the goal supporting podcasters and further amplifying their stories.
@SincerelyAccra
is one podcast from Ghana being a recipient of that fund
#Podcast
#Ghana
Sincerely Accra Is A Recipient Of Spotify’s New Africa Podcast Fund Initiative For African Podcasts
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Bloom Bar was the most visited destination in Ghana with over 99,000 trips this year
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Ethel Cofie Appointed To Board Of Ride-Hailing Taxi MARAMOJA
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We've very excited to be hosting our first Twitter Space conversation! We'll be discussing "Fintech in Africa" this Thursday with
@Paapakwame
from
@kudigoinc
and
@muhzle
from
@oze
@edemkumodzi
will be our moderator for this space
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Ghana’s Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority To Integrate With Ghana Card In 2023
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@emtech_inc
Releases Web3 Enabled Central Banking Digital Currency Innovation Kit For Fintechs
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According to data from Spotify, the podcast
@SincerelyAccra
is the number 1 listened to podcast on Spotify's Podcast Charts
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Meet Kofee Bean: Spotify’s Second-Ever Fresh Finds Africa Artist
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Kenyan Startup Amini Raises $2 Million To Solve Environmental Data Scarcity for Africa
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.
@Paystack
has released its 2023 report which showed that Mobile Money was the most used payment method in Ghana with 98% usage on the platform
Full report here:
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🇬🇭 Ghana has a popular school competition called the National Science and Maths Quiz (
@NSMQGhana
).
Here's some interesting data insights since the Quiz's inception in 1994:
📍Presbyterian Boys’ Secondary School has the highest number of final appearances (11) and final wins…
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MTN Group Fintech and Mastercard Sign Agreement To Issue Payment Cards For MTN MoMo Users
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ECG to deploy artificial intelligence in fighting power theft 🤨
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Meet the two 🇬🇭Ghanaian entrepreneurs
@K_Genfi
and
@Stark_Osae
whose mobile payment startup, Mazzuma (
@OfficialMazzuma
) has been chosen as one of the top 5 AI companies by
@nvidia
.
In 2018 these two founders also made Forbes’ list of 30 top entrepreneurs in Africa under 30.
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🚗🇬🇭 Ghana's Driver Vehicle and License Authority (
@DVLAGhofficial
) has announced that its PVC driver’s licence will be phased out by March 2024.
The DVLA has asked the general public to visit its branches for a replacement for a new Smart Driver License Card
#DrivingLicense
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👋🏽 Hello there! We would like to re-introduce ourselves:
Today, we are officially "Tech Labari". We have a new name, new logo AND a new website:
We've got some new stuff coming up. Let's run through what's changing
🧵👇🏽
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Polls are officially open!
Final Round:
@theachieveapp
vs
@ShaQexpress
Achieve
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ShaQ Express
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How The
@SincerelyAccra
Show Got A Spot On
@Spotify
's Africa Podcast Fund Initiative
#Podcast
#Ghana
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Up on stage now is Triforce Johnson (
@EMP_TriForce_GM
), CEO of Empire Arcadia
#MTNGamingConference
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DevFest (
@GDGAccra
) - November 18
Annual decentralized tech conference hosted by Google Developer Groups across the globe
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Rumor Mill: Government Considering Merging AirtelTigo And Vodafone
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Update: Ghana Telecommunication Companies Reduce Cost Of Mobile Money Transactions In Wake Of COVID19
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@Microsoft
is having a “future of work with AI” event today at 3PM GMT. You can watch the event here:
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Is Legislation The Biggest Hurdle Preventing The Emergence Of Marijuana Startups In Ghana?
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We're at the
@standchart
Fintech festival event in Accra. We'll bring some updates from the event as it goes along
#SCFinTechFestival
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"Tiktok is designed to be addictive" — Listen to
@jakuuire
's views on some cybersecurity concerns associated with the use of TikTok on
#TV3NewDay
yesterday. Link to full video below 👇
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We’re now in a panel session to discuss Innovation, Regulation and CBDC’s with Kwame Oppong from Bank of Ghana and Bertrand Ndengeyingoma of Bank of Rwanda (
@CentralBankRw
). The session is moderated by
@CarmelleCadet
of
@emtech_inc
#AMDSGH
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.
@AkosuaHanson
has her hands full: Radio, acting and activism.
But she's ventured into a new field: Comics Books. Listen to her story about she went from radio and acting to creating her own Comic book called "Moon Girls"
#Podcast
#WhatsYourStory
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Jack Dorsey Is Coming Back To Ghana For A Bitcoin Conference on Tech Nova Newsletter
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Hi Folks! 2017 is wrapping up and we’re eager to know, what’s been your most significant Tech moment in Ghana for 2017?
For us it would be the new Government embracing technology with the paperless port and the
@ghanapostgps
.
Let us know yours.
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How Can Virtual Reality Help Ghanaian Science Teachers?
@NubianVR
Is Trying To Solve That Problem
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Lyrical Wars Is Aiming To Be The Best Online Battle Rap Platform In Africa
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Societe Generale To Withdraw From African Markets Including Ghana and Cameroon
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Aburi Girls High School Representing Ghana At 2021 FIRST Global Challenge
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"Funny but important😂📝 :
Free advice to those who do not read the
#terms
and
#conditions
before downloading their apps and programs.😂😂
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Ghana constructed an airport at Ho in the Volta region 6 years ago. However, most flight operations to the region have been halted.
Here's some data:
- $25 Million: Construction of airport
- GH¢2.42 million - Maintenance cost for last two years
Source:
@Graphicgh
#Ghana
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.
@investbambooGH
, the popular retail brokerage app has launched in Ghana and now offers Ghanaians easy access to U.S. stocks
#Finance
#Fintech
#Stocks
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On today's show, we talk to Bernard Sokpe (
@mistameister
) founder of the digital consultancy company "Brandmeister" in Ghana.
He talked about his journey from graphic design in school, to working for companies including Tigo, Vodafone, Twitter and now running
@JamboSpaces
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Digital Jobs Fair For Job Seekers Held At Accra Digital Centre
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Our
#MarchMadness
Fintech Challenge has come to an end.
Congrats to the overall winner:
@theachieveapp
!
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@FufuSapiens
, a Ghanaian female-led and community-driven NFT project, is set to launch original African NFT collections in Ghana. The project, which is set to be launched in May, is focused on showcasing the continent’s culture, and heritage.
Fufu Sapiens To Officially Launch Original African NFT Collections In Ghana
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It's a milestone. 1000 published articles. Thank you all for being a part of this journey 🙏🏽
#technology
#writing
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#Nokia
announced plans recently to change its brand identity for the first time in nearly 60 years, complete with a new logo.
Thoughts on the new logo? 👇🏽
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Congrats to
@theachieveapp
for winning the 2nd edition of our
#TechMarchMadness
Challenge!
Well deserved.
Thanks to everyone for voting and sharing
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Kingsley Abrokwah Steps Down As CEO of Ghanaian Fintech Company KudiGo
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How many lawyers are in Ghana?
According to the data from The Law Platform, over the course of Ghana's history (1928 till present):
📍There have been 9785 lawyers called to the bar.
📍As of 2021, according to the Ghana Bar Association, there are only 3213 lawyers actively…
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WorldRemit Predicts 2020 to Be The Year of Intra-African Remittances
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According to data from Ghana's Ministry of Finance, government agencies owe ~$78 million to the Identity Management System (run by Margins Group) for services including Ghana Card linkages as of 2022
#GhanaCard
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.
@ouredenlife
, a home service startup based in Lagos has raised a $1.4 million seed round to deepen its market share
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List of popular companies in Ghana and the nationality of their owners/founders:
🧃Blue Skies - 🏴 UK
🛒Melcom - 🇮🇳 India
🍦Fanmilk - 🇫🇷 France (Previously 🇳🇱 Dutch)
💧Polytank - 🇮🇳 India
💧Interplast - 🇱🇧 Lebanon
💻IMPC - 🇮🇳 India
🛜 Busy Internet - UAE 🇦🇪 (Previously 🇳🇱 Dutch)
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Hey there! Guess what? We're looking for interns at Tech Nova
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Fufu Sapiens To Officially Launch Original African NFT Collections In Ghana
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Exploring Three e-Mental Health Startups Delivering Teletherapy Services to Africans
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HubSpot Partners With KULANA To Bootstrap Program To Support Startups in Ghana
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The
#AppleEvent
has a special Like effect. Like this tweet to see it.
Apple will debut its iPhone 15 device today
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Startups with mobile apps: "We have a million downloads!"
"You're hiding 'active users' behind that milestone, aren't you...."
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Tech In Ghana (
@TechInGhana
) - November 28-29
This event serves as a platform for stakeholders in the tech ecosystem to collaborate, learn, and showcase their innovations
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📍Digital Marketing is an integral part of business development; branding, advertisement and digital ads campaign are key strategies for business growth
📍Join us tomorrow at exactly 7pm as we have an exciting and educating conversation on our X spaces🎙
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Interview with Onyeka Akumah – CEO and Co-Founder of Farmcrowdy
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Tech Nova Partners With Paystack For Season 2 Of “What’s Your Story” Podcast
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There is ExpressPay, Mazzuma and lots of others. But is Bit Sika in your top 5 fintech apps in Ghana?
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